Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.34% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 80.00% or 0.800 points to trade at 1.800 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) added 13.50% or 6.40 points to end at 53.80 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) was up 13.33% or 0.200 points to 1.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW), which lost 7.51% or 48.70 points to trade at 600.00 in late trade. Malwatte Valley Plantations PLC (CM:MAL) declined 6.67% or 0.200 points to end at 2.800 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) shed 5.88% or 0.90 points to 14.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 67 and 57 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.33% or 0.58 to $44.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.22% or 0.56 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.95 to trade at $1317.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.67% to 190.315, while USD/LKR rose 0.55% to 146.205.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.86.